She moaned as I hunted her tongue with mine, fighting me to suck my lip into her mouth...just like I’d done to her.
My eyes flared as she bit me.
Hard.
Hard enough to break the skin and release golden-tinted blood.
Copper and ash tainted our kiss but then...her blood mingled with mine and—
A shockwavetorethrough us.
That tether around my heart twanged as if she’d hit it with a sledgehammer.
I collapsed against her, trapping her against the pillar as the world stopped. Dust motes literally froze as if heaven itself stopped breathing.
And then, time caught up and imploded.
We turned into frenzied creatures, needing to connect, to join.
Spinning her around, I locked my mouth on her neck as I grabbed handfuls of my mother’s dress, hoisting it up her perfect frost-glittering legs. A huge snowflake spread out like an intricate carpet beneath her feet, lacing outward to crawl up the walls.
Holding onto the pillar, she stepped a little wider, welcoming me to take.
The power inside me opened its eyes and I couldn’t stop the roar of fire as it poured free.
Fumbling with my trousers, I unzipped, unsheathed, and ducked to position myself directly where I needed her.
“If I don’t anchor myself inside you right now, I’m going to burn this mountain down.”
“Do it,” she moaned, resting her forehead against the frozen pillar. Her hips arched as my arm wrapped tight around her waist. My other hand slammed above her head.
She filled my heart to catastrophic levels. She made me hard and jealous, ruthless and afraid, and I didn’t know if I wanted towrap her in clouds and place her on a pedestal or strip her down and make her bleed.
And when I mounted her—when our bodies became one and she shuddered in my arms—I felt...whole.
Complete.
Our pulses synchronised.
Our hearts fell into fated balance.
Looking over her shoulder, her gaze locked on my mouth. I lowered my head and captured her lips, kissing her deep and slow as my hips rocked into hers.
“If anyone ever tries to take you away from me,” I growled into our kiss. “I’ll burn the world to ash.”
Her lips twitched into a smile. “Then don’t let them take me.”
I kissed her like I was trying to devour her. I fucked her like I was trying to trap an angel in my hell. Raw, unbridled fury poured through me; the room vanished with black smoke.
Her coldness soaked into my burning marrow, her skin like winter, and that inescapable bond solidified and strengthened—adding yet another layer, another unbreakable vow.
Arching her hips, she impaled herself deeper onto me and I lost myself entirely.
We set a rhythm that threatened to break us into pieces.
And when she came, I fell off that cliff with her.
Only to burn all over again.
